Portable filling station



W. MYLES.

PORTABLE FILLING STATION.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7, 1920.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

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PORTABLE FILLING STATION.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 7, 1920.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

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WILLIAM MYLES, OF BRADWARDINE, MANITOBA, CANADA.

PORTABLE FILLING STATION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Jan. 1'7, 1922.

Application filed October 7, 1920. Serial No. 415,435.

- To all whom it may concern:

- Filling Stations, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to portable ,filling stations, and is especially adapted for use by farmers to permit convenient transportation of gasoline, oil, or other liquids, used as a motive fluid for tractors, threshing machines, etc.

It is well known that serious inconven ience is suffered by modernfarmers using motor operated agricultural equipment by reason of the fact that this usually unwieldly equipment must either be transported to a filling station, sometimes the distance of eight or ten miles, or else the fuel is carried in barrels and deposited-adjacent the field being worked. When the latter course is followed the fuel must be dispensed into buckets or the like and then carried to the fuel tank of the engine with obvious inconvenience and danger. In the device of my invention the fuel can be con-. 'veniently and safely carried to the fuel tank of the engine and dispensed directly into the latter in measured quantities.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device adaptable for use with the barrel in which the fuel is received and likewise to provide a device which will effectively. dispense the fuel and which may be carried in the tool box of the vehicle when not in use.

The preferred embodiment of this invention is shown in the .accompanying drawin 5, wherein:

ig. 1, is a side elevational view of the device constructed in accordance with my invention illustrating its application on a barrel, a portion of the latter being broken away, and

Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional view of my device showing parts thereof broken away.

In the drawings, in order to illustrate the application of the invention a barrel 3 is shown which is the usual type of barrel used for containing gasoline, oil, and other gaseous mixtures used as motive fuel for internal combustion engines and the like. It is well known that the barrel is usually provided in its head with a plug, and the device The measuring tank of my invention is constructed'to fit conveniently in the opening made by the removal of the plug. The invention consists especially 0 a plug 4, the lower end of which is tapered and provided with screw threads 5 for screw threaded engagement in the, opena seat in which a pump 7 is mounted. The

pump consists of a cylinder having a piston 8 mounted therein to which is attached a handle 9 for use in an obvious manner. The

lower end of the cylinder is open and is in.

communication with a vertical passsage-way 10 formed in said plug 4. The passageway has a ring 11 formed in its lower end upon which is mounted a coil spring 12. A ball 13 is carried by the upper convolution of said spring, the ball acting as a valve to normally close communication through the passage-way 10. It is obvious however that downward movement of the piston in the cylinder will unseat the valve 13 and permit air to pass into the barrel 3. An air exhaust valve 14 is mounted in said plug 4 and communicates with the passage-way 10. The passage of air into said barrel will cause the contents thereof to be forced upwardly through a pipe 15, the latter being detachably mounted in the plug 4 and communicating with a fluid-way 16 formed therein.

A measuring tank 17, preferably of a cyllndrical configuration is provided and maybe made of a transparent material, or else constructed of non-transparent, and provided with a graduated scale, such' as shown at 1 8. in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The measuring tank is in communication with the barrel 3 through the medium of a conduit 19, the latter leading into the side of the tank ad'acent its u per end. The lower end of sal conduit is bent at right angles and is detachably mounted in the plug 4 and communicates with the fluid-way16. A plug valve 20 is arranged in said conduit outside of the plug 4 so as to close communication between the barrel and measurin tank when desired. as an outlet tube 21 formed in its bottom, which may carry a discharge hose 22, of the usual or an desired type. The tube 21 is equipped wit a valve 23 to close communication from the tank when desired.

The tanlc'may hold any predetermined quantity of'li'quid. such, for instance, as a gallon. The liquid can be pumped into the measuring tank in an obvious manner and the height of the gasoline in the tank visualized through the transparent graduated scale 18. The liquid is dispensed therefrom through the hose 22 in a well known manner. It may be necessary at times to force the liquid from the measuring tank 17, and this can be done by closing the valve 20 as soon as the tank has been filled and thereby permitting the expansive forces of the air to pass upwardlv from the barrel into a bypass 24 formed in the plug 4 and extending upwardly therethlough in a vertical plane and then turning at right angles and communicating with a pipe 25 which leads therefrom into the conduit 19. The said pipe has a valve 26 mounted therein, which is closed while the measuring tank 17 is being filled.

JJ'rom the above it will be apparent that the barrel 3 can be transported directly to the fuel tank of the thresher, tractor, or other motor propelled machine out in the field. The gasoline or other liquid can be pumped from the barrel in a manner above described into the'measuring tank and thence into the fuel tank. As soon as one barrel has been emptied the device can be quickly removed and attached to another full barrel. When not in use the device of my invention can be convenientlv packed in the tool box of the agricultural implement or the like.

It is to be understood that I may make various changes in my ,device within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A portable filling station including a storage receptacle and measuring tank, a liquid conduit in communication with said receptacle and tank, a pump for forcing the con tents of the receptacle into the tank, means to close communication through said conduit, a pipe communicating with said pump'and conduit, and a valve mounted in said pipe to close communication therethrough when the liquid conduit is open, said valve being opened to permit influx of air from said reeeptacle to the tank when the liquid conduit is closed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM MYLES. Witnesses:

J. H. CoUoH, R. B. LEE. 

